Other than having to dig out from the occasional nor’easter, life on Spy Dog Farm is usually pretty routine. Morning chores, afternoon chores–wash, rinse repeat. But every once in a while, we get to swing at a curve ball and things get more interesting. Yesterday morning would be a perfect sample. The phone rang and […]
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It was only a matter of time. After moving our boy goat–Tigger–in with the girls, the females finally started showing some interest in their smelly new companion. In the world of goats, courtship starts with some tail wagging on the part of the girl. They circle each other, ears pricked, then nuzzle. There’s some snorting […]
With the recent warm spell, we herded the sheep up the hill to continue grazing the upper pasture. Emily, our Jersey heifer, stayed behind in the permanent paddock to make an appointment to have her hooves trimmed. She didn’t like it much, being all alone. At one point she stood in the paddock, looked up […]
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